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This welcome message is designed to provide you with basic information
about H-Atlantic. It contains information on using H-Atlantic (managing
your subscription; tips on contacting and communicating via H-Atlantic;
mailing addresses of the list editors; a list of the current editorial
board); rules for posting (style, editorial practice); information about
H-Atlantic's associated service on the World Wide Web; and contact
information about H-Atlantic's parent, H-Net.

I. The H-Atlantic Network: Scope, Content, Purpose.

H-Atlantic is an international online discussion list for Atlantic World
History from 1500 to 1800. This an interdisciplinary list for scholars
who study colonial North America and the United States, Europe, West
Africa, the Caribbean, and South America in a transatlantic context. It
is open to all faculty, advanced students, and independent scholars
interested in early modern Atlantic history. The List began as an email
exchange in 1996 after the first meeting of the Harvard University
Atlantic History Seminar directed by Professor Bernard Bailyn under the
auspices of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History.
It moved to H-Net in June 2001.

The aim of H-Atlantic is to advance the scholarship of historians across
the globe who are interested in aspects of Atlantic history in the
formative years. H-Atlantic strives to create an international community
of scholars with diverse methodological approaches, varied archival
experiences, and different intellectual traditions. By its nature,
H-Atlantic focuses on the history of peoples bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
It welcomes cross-disciplinary and non-traditional interpretations and
invites participants to explore the interactions and interrelations
between peoples and cultures around the Atlantic Rim. Ultimately,
H-Atlantic hopes to further international understanding of the multiple
origins of today's world community.

II. Editors.

The editors serve two-year renewable terms, with the approval of the H-Net
Executive Committee and rotate their duties. The current editor will be
identified in all messages coming from the list. The editors will solicit
postings (by email, phone and even by regular mail), will assist people in
managing subscriptions and setting up options, will handle routine
inquiries, and will consolidate some postings. Anyone with suggestions
about what H-Atlantic can and might do is invited to send in ideas. The
editors will solicit and post newsletter-type information (calls for
conferences, for example, or listings of sessions at conventions.) Like
all H-Net lists, H-Atlantic is moderated to edit out material that, in the
editors' opinion, is not germane to the list, involves technical matters
(such as subscription management requests), is inflammatory, or violates
evolving, yet common, standards of Internet etiquette. Please read
section III below for details about ownership, style, formatting, and
content of your messages. H-Net's procedure for resolving disputes over
list editorial practices is Article II, Section 2.20 of our Council Policies,
located at:

A. Copyright notice. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. H-Net considers all
messages posted to its lists to be a form of publication. All
contributions to H-Atlantic fall under Art. III, Sec. 3.01-3.08 of the H-Net Council Policies
concerning copyright and intellectual property:

"H-Net is a nonprofit communications service intended to advance the teaching, research, and service of scholars, educators, and students. Preserving copyright rights is a collective responsibility: H-Net users and editors must respect the intellectual property of others. Consistent with the objective of encouraging creativity in scholarship and education, editors and users are encouraged to transmit copyrighted works to or through H-Net, with the express permission of the copyright holder or in accordance with the fair use provisions of copyright law. H-Net considers posting to H-Net lists or Web, as contrasted with private e-mail correspondence, to be a form of publication." In general,
the author retains copyright rights to publication of any submission to
the list, and grants to H-Atlantic and H-Net permission to store,
disseminate with full attribution, and make available to subscribers such
submissions without further permission. Postings (such as H-Net reviews)
that are commissioned by H-Net are copyrighted by H-Net and may be
reprinted for nonprofit, educational purposes with proper attribution to
the author, location, and H-Net. A full copy of the H-Net Bylaws and Council Policies and other important information may be found on the World Wide Web
at: http://www.h-net.org/about/policies.php.

B. Contributions: "Netiquette." The tone and content of H-Atlantic depend
directly on subscribers. The editors want to encourage lively, informal,
productive discussion and exchange of information. To that end, we ask
that contributions be considerate of the needs of a busy audience of
scholars, many of whom must pay for their access to the internet. A
number of excellent guides to online behavior and style are available on
the World Wide Web; we invite you consult them.

-- ALL MAIL TO THE LIST MUST BE SIGNED. The editors will delay posting
until authorship and email address are confirmed.

-- CONTENT: Editors retain the right to review material for its
pertinence, tone, style, and relevance to the list's mission. Ad
hominems, unattributed quotations or innuendo, private messages
forwarded for posting without permission, or messages that violate the
norms of civility and professional courtesy will be rejected.
Persistent violators can be removed from the subscription list.

-- STYLE: the default editorial style for the list is that of a letter
to the editor. Your remarks can be crafted to suit the tone of an
existing discussion thread, but in any case they should address the
editor and not make direct personal references to others, except where
you are replying directly to a simple query (e.g., "you can find this
information in Webster's Third International Dictionary."). Avoid
excessive quotation of messages you refer or reply to.

-- FORMAT: Please send messages in plain text: no styles, html, special
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which are acceptable). Signature files are subject to editing for
content and length. Advertisements in signatures will be
removed. Remove or turn off .vcf, digital signatures, or other
automatic attachments. As a rule, editors do not redistribute
attachments to the list; consider posting the material at a web site,
or consult with the editor concerning proper venues for publication.

IV. Technical Information.

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V. The H-Atlantic Site on the World Wide Web

In addition to providing interactive communications via electronic mail,
H-Atlantic also maintains a site on the World Wide Web. The site is located
on the H-Net server at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan,
USA. It may be located by following the hypertext links at
http://www.h-net.org.The H-Atlantic web site contains the following
information and services:

* The archives of the H-Atlantic list, known as its "logs." They are in
searchable and sortable format.
* The network's official documents: its welcome files, lists of board
members and editors, contact information, and other founding and
information documents.
* Hypertext links to resources in our subject: teaching materials, research
archives, other lists.

VI. Advisory Board.

H-Atlantic's daily activities are managed by the editors. Its long-term
policies are developed by the advisory board. If you are interested in
serving on the board, please contact the current editor. Board members
referee incoming articles, reviews, and teaching materials; establish basic
subscription restrictions and policy; advise the editors on disputes among
editors and subscribers; monitor the list and make active contributions to
discussion; and serve as the subscribers' voice in H-Net affairs. You are
encouraged to contact any or all of the editorial board members with ideas
and concerns about H-Atlantic.

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